That isn't what I meant — if I am understanding your comment to mean that you thought that I was saying that skincare is feminine so people who avoid feminine things should avoid skincare. I was saying that people shouldn't fear something due to its perceived femininity or masculinity — the hypothetical fact that skincare is feminine should be of no consequence to one's own interest in it.

What is your skincare routine? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the community recommendation!

What is your skincare routine? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Men, it's okay to care about your skin. It's not feminine, it's human.

I find the "feminine" premise of this argument silly. So what if it is feminine? Is there something inherently wrong with femininity? It's one thing to simply be somewhere on the spectrum of femininity and masculinity, but it's another to fear that position and to force another based on one's insecurity of the perceptions of others.

What’s the oldest you can be to go trick and treating? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

If the trick-or-treater is polite, isn't acting entitled, and is just trying to get into the Halloween spirit, I honestly don't care what age they are. I love Halloween, I love handing out candy, and I love seeing people's costumes. It's always kind of bothered me when I hear people making comments about whether someone is "too old" for trick or treating. It's a rather strange thing to gatekeep, imo. It's all good fun.

Why don't we just gather up all the ocean's trash and all the nonrecyclables, put them in a rocket, and launch it into the sun? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

"Futurama – The Great Garbage Crisis of 2000"

What are your favorite ambient spaces in the video games you've played that you really like and would enjoy in real life? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pretty much all of the world of Hollow Knight — ie Hallownest. It's just such a cool and immersive world. It contains such cool architecture, design, and environments.

Lemmy should have a community called lemmy_guess in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Roasting community?

Lemmy should have a community called lemmy_guess in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lemmy_at_em rolls off the tongue better, imo.

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TIL that recipes are not protected by copyright law in the USA (and likely Canada) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.world

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References

"Are Recipes Protected by Copyright Law?". Kiera Boyd. Fasken. The Angle. Lexology. Published: 2021-07-07. Accessed: 2024-10-31T04:50Z. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bc2cc721-99bc-47f0-be4f-727f25421201.
- In [Publications International, Ltd. v. Meredith Corp. 88 F.3d 473 (7th Cir. 1996) ], the court stated that a functional list of ingredients cannot be considered original within the meaning of the Copyright Act.
- In Lambing v. Godiva Chocolatier, 142 F. 3d 434 (6th Cir. 1998) [Lambing], the court stated plainly that recipes are not protected by copyright, completely ignoring the possibility that a recipe could contain enough expressive elements to make it copyrightable.
- Canadian courts have not yet addressed the issue of copyright in recipes [...]. Under Canadian copyright law, facts, formulas, and ideas are not protected by copyright. This means that just like in the U.S., recipes which only list ingredients (facts) and the steps that one takes to complete the recipe (formulas) are likely not protected by copyright in Canada.
- Based on current Canadian copyright law and the leading caselaw on the subject in the U.S., a list of ingredients or matter-of-fact instructions regarding the process of creating a recipe is unlikely to be protected by copyright law.
keepitquickk. "Is it unethical to use online recipes for my restaurant? Am I stealing someone’s work?". r/NoStupidQuestions. Reddit. Published: 2021-11-16T16:00:59.196Z. Accessed: 2024-10-31T04:58Z. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/qvb0gy/comment/hkv7xg6/.
- [...] you can't copyright a recipe [...]

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What is your skincare routine? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I would like to know what your routine is in general, but I'm also specifically curious about what products you use, if you use them, and what the rationale is behind each product.

My routine:

Morning

Rinse face with warm water.
Scrub face and neck with warm, wet washcloth.
Apply facial moisturizer with SPF (I use CeraVe AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30) to face, neck, and hands.

Evening

Shower.
- While in shower, scrub entire body with an exfoliating mitt (ie this one).
Apply a retinol (I use Retin-A (tretinoin 0.05%)) to face, neck, and hands.
Apply facial moisturizer (I use CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion) to face, neck, and hands
Apply body lotion (I use CeraVe Moisturizing Cream) to whole body, excluding hands, and face.

I have used, and considered continuing using a BHA (also AHA?) liquid exfoliant (I have read that it shouldn't be used at the same time as retinol due to PH requirements, ie use it in the morning and retinol in the evening) (I previously used Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant, but I no longer because I have lost trust in Paula's Choice overall due to their borderline false advertising regarding their retinol product [1]), but I am unsure of what a good product would be, and the rationale behind it. I have also heard about Vitamin E, though I've never used it.

References

"[Research] Study: The Ordinary and Paula's Choice retinols are unstable". toa20. r/SkincareAddiction. Reddit. Published: 2023-01-26T17:49:01.223Z. Accessed: 2024-10-29T05:16Z. https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/10lxshy/research_study_the_ordinary_and_paulas_choice/.

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[SOLVED] Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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Solution

This is a bug in KDE Plasma [1.1][2]. It appears that it might be fixed in KDE Plasma v6.2 [1.2][3].

Original Post

I have noticed this behavior with Element and Signal while playing Deadlock. The game will have a pretty severe stutter, ie the frame-rate will substantially dip, for half a second or so at the exact moment that a message is received. It seems to happen with every message. Do note that these are only messages that would result in a system notification. All other messages that are silent, ie they have no pop-up notification, do not result in any stutter.

OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: v6.6.49-1-lts
DE: KDE Plasma v6.1.4
WM: Wayland
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690k
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Updates

I have tried disabling this setting in Deadlock:
I have tried windowed-borderless
I have noticed that the moment that the stutter occurs, my CPU spikes maybe 20% and my GPU drops to 0%.

References

@narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee. "Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay?". sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2024-09-09T23:12:24Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:03Z. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13818926. https://lemm.ee/comment/14674507.
1. it’s a bug in KDE Plasma
2. [the bug] might be fixed [in KDE Plasma] 6.2
"Bug 487780: Fullscreen game stutter when Plasma receives notifications.". Robert. bugs.kde.org. Published: 2024-05-30T03:58Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:06Z. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487780.
Zamundaaa. "Bug 487780: Fullscreen game stutter when Plasma receives notifications.". bugs.kde.org. Published: 2024-08-19T12:01:08Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:13Z. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487780#c13.

There are some remaining code paths that can block direct scanout - namely effects that haven't been fixed, or that may need to block direct scanout in some situations. There's a new API in 6.2 that effects can use though, https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6203, which blocks direct scanout only when really necessary. It's implemented for all built in effects, and external javascript effects automatically make use of this API too.

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PSA: Git exposes timezone metadata (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Git records the local timezone when a commit is made [1]. Knowledge of the timezone in which a commit was made could be used as a bit of identifying information to de-anonymize the committer.

Setting one's timezone to UTC can help mitigate this issue [2][3] (though, ofc, one must still be wary of time-of-day commit patterns being used to deduce a timezone).

References

Git documentation. git-commit. "Date Formats: Git internal format". Accessed: 2024-08-31T07:52Z. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-Gitinternalformat.

It is <unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>, where <unix-timestamp> is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. <time-zone-offset> is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is +0100.
jthill. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2014-05-26T16:57:37Z. (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:27Z). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23874208/how-can-i-ignore-committing-timezone-information-in-my-commit#comment36750060_23874208.

to set the timezone for a specific command, say e.g. TZ=UTC git commit
Oliver. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2022-05-22T08:56:38Z (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:30Z). https://stackoverflow.com/a/72336094/7934600
each commit Git stores a author date and a commit date. So you have to omit the timezone for both dates.

I solved this for my self with the help of the following Git alias:
```
[alias]
co = "!f() { \
    export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    git commit $@; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Autor: %an <%ae> (%ai)\"; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Committer: %cn <%ce> (%ci)\"; \
}; f"
```

Cross-posts:

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If you have installed Linux on a Microsoft Surface Pro, what was your experience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking for a cheap and portable tablet that I can use for writing. Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, at least around the gen 4 models, are rather cheap to buy used, and they seem decently well made. Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it.

I've been peripherally aware of the Linux Surface project for some time now. I looked at it recently, after having not for some time, and it seems that they have really made good progress compared to what I remember, and it's making me much more interested in trying to install Linux on a Surface Pro.

Having never owned a Surface Pro, I'm not sure which models are the most reliable and sturdy. I'm not looking for something that's the flashiest; I want something that works well. I want something pragmatic — something akin to the idea of an older era of Thinkpad (eg T460). I want a pen with low input delay and good accuracy, reliable and responsive touch controls, and a decent display. I was thinking the Surface Pro 4 might be a good choice, but it's hard to know as there aren't many videos out there of people installing Linux on them, so I'm wondering what your experience has been with Microsoft Surface Pro's and installing Linux on one.

Cross-posts:

https://sh.itjust.works/post/23997573

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[META] Current moderator actions occurring in this community are not visible in the modlog (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

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In one of my posts, I noticed this removed comment:

I was curious what it was, so I checked the modlog, but it states that the last mod action in this community occurred a month ago:

What's up with this? Are mod actions being scrubbed from the modlog?

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Have you installed Linux on a Microsoft Surface Pro? If so, what was your experience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

9 comments fedilink

I'm looking for a cheap and portable tablet that I can use for writing. Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, at least around the gen 4 models, are rather cheap to buy used, and they seem decently well made. Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it.

I've been peripherally aware of the Linux Surface project for some time now. I looked at it recently, after having not for some time, and it seems that they have really made good progress compared to what I remember, and it's making me much more interested in trying to install Linux on a Surface Pro.

Having never owned a Surface Pro, I'm not sure which models are the most reliable and sturdy. I'm not looking for something that's the flashiest; I want something that works well. I want something pragmatic — something akin to the idea of an older era of Thinkpad (eg T460). I want a pen with low input delay and good accuracy, reliable and responsive touch controls, and a decent display. I was thinking the Surface Pro 4 might be a good choice, but it's hard to know as there aren't many videos out there of people installing Linux on them, so I'm wondering what your experience has been with Microsoft Surface Pro's and installing Linux on one.

Cross-posts:

https://sh.itjust.works/post/24035406

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What medication/pill tracking app do you recommend? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking for an open-source medication/pill tracking app.

Requirements:

Android support
Ability to create custom medication/pill entries
Ability to set notification reminders for taking pills
Ability to arbitrarily create entries at any date/time

Nice-to-haves:

Data export/backup
Data-at-rest encryption
Data visualizations

Cross-posted at https://sh.itjust.works/post/23572613

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What keyboard layout do you use? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I use Workman.

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The results of the 2024 Stack Overflow developer survey (survey.stackoverflow.co)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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The growth of Linux desktop marketshare, in percent of total, since 2009 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

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References

"Linux hits another all-time high for July 2024 according to Statcounter". Liam Dawe. GamingOnLinux. Published: 2024-08-01T11:35Z. Accessed: 2024-08-04T19:21Z. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linux-hits-another-all-time-high-for-july-2024-according-to-statcounter/.